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It's official. http://sabres.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=726525 http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=457373

As much as I'm enjoying that Tyler Ennis has been signed to a good contract, I'm also enjoying that, in this thread so far, everyone is in agreement that he is and/or is capable of being a good player. Agreed. I believe he's capable of 60-65 point seasons with talent. The fit's also good. He's a high-skill player capable of playing wing on a team that has very few high-skill wingers.

I love me some free agent popcorn!

Is this the new ######-on-Darcy game? Regier couldn't have been good at drafting because it was all Kevin Devine (and/or Jim Benning)? I think if the Head Scout and the AGM(s) aren't contributing heavily in the draft arena, there's a problem, but it's the GM that makes the final decision for better or worse.

EVERYDAY I'M SHUFFLING.

They might post the stream as a replay later. I'm not that worried. I got the stream just now.

They might be waiting the usual amount past the start time for the anthem, etc, to start the stream. Argh.

Kevin Dineen just signed on as the Head Coach of the Marlies.

Son of a bitch. I remember how bad the defense was and how bad it stung to lose, but that still makes me cringe. And that was all with Kalinin injured too, he led the team in +/- despite only playing 55 games. Fitzpatrick had by far the team's worst +/- in only 56 games. Jillson, Paetsch, and Janik had combined for three regular season games played that year.

Yep. Shortly before free agency started, I believe he had said that he didn't want to load up on contracts that would block the kids from competing for spots.

That looks like it'll be a lot of fun to watch.

Murray gets his man. I don't see a downside.

Completely reasonable. Which is not what this thread is trying to be. We've discussed every point brought up so far ad nauseum at some time or another. Darcy's drafting was well above average; according to some analysts it was near the top of the league. Not making the finals and not skating over Edmonton to the Cup was due to a disastrous string of fluky injuries. The '06-'08 team was goodgreat and well-coached by Lindy Ruff, but its downfall was the fault of tight purse strings and whatever the ###### Larry Quinn was doing. Efforts to remain competitive after the departure of Drury, Briere, and Campbell stalled with Connolly injuries, as Regier relied on him and Roy to be "two number one centers." What really ###### Darcy Regier was the inabillity to acquire quality free agents, either through his own impotence, the publicly-visible lack of a large roster budget that was perceived as a hindrance to success, the post-lockout changes in the free agent market system causing a shortage of free agents, or the lack of interest by free agents to sign in Buffalo for any number of reasons. This slide show summarizes the free agent history of the Buffalo Sabres 2009-present. Atrocious. Drafting, trading, and signing free agents comprise the all-important trifecta of player acquisition, and Regier was arguably very good at the first two. However, at different times throughout his tenure, he was either extremely bad or not allowed to be any good at the last one. And it killed him.

It's our Young Stars game. And unlike the All Star version, they'll be motivated.

NBC let this gem of a tweet get out this morning: Idiots. Ty Conklin.

See poll. Have at it. Optional soundtrack. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqH21LEmfbQ

Mary Ellen Moffat?

Weird.

Maybe they'll do it HarborCenter in the future? Central and intimate. And brand spanking new. And ###### sweet.

Jesus. How psychologically traumatic was his career that it's not fun anymore at all? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xt1r-StivM And the following game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juTCGJ_FqG4

Content providers force service providers into buying their channels in bundles. DirecTV wants a contract with Viacom to transmit Comedy Central to its customers? DirecTV is forced to pay for MTV2 and all of their other ###### as well or else Viacom blacks out all its channels. The antitrust lawsuit is going, but slowly.

3v3 would be cray cray. I'm not shitting on it; I'd like to see it experimented with in the A.

Listing things we don't care about. Man, summertime on the hockey message board. Alright. Anything reality television. Any documentary about aliens, monster whathaveyous, undiscovered animals, or undiscovered alien monster animal whathaveyous. NBA. Golf. Tennis. Horse racing. Competitive sailing. Televised poker. Political spin. Dietary trends. Pharmaceuticals, pills, cosmetic treatments, snake oils. Infomercials. Any object on infomercials. Any person on infomercials. Anything on TMZ. Anything in tabloids. Banal tweets. Twats that tweet banal tweets. Corporate branding. 98% of commercials.

MATT FREAKIN' ELLIS! WOO!